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From: Sven Joachim on 19 May 2010 14:10 On 2010-05-19 19:19 +0200, d.sastre.medina(a)gmail.com wrote: > FWIW, I don't have that problem, although /etc/X11/Xsession says: > > exec >>"$ERRFILE" 2>&1 (despite the solution proposed in�) > echo "$PROGNAME: X session started for $LOGNAME at $(date)" > > and the contents of it are, unsurprisingly: > > "Xsession: X session started for dawud at mi� may 19 18:25:05 CEST > 2010" > > $ ll .xsession-errors > -rw------- 1 dawud dawud 72 may 19 18:25 .xsession-errors Looks like somebody truncated the file for you, maybe the display manager. FWIW, stock XDM would do that if it were not disabled by a Debian patch that has been around for ages and probably comes from the same developer who refused to truncate ~/.xsession-errors in /etc/X11/xsession. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87tyq33gvg.fsf(a)turtle.gmx.de
From: T o n g on 21 May 2010 00:40 On Wed, 19 May 2010 11:33:02 -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >> I took a look, the reason and cure is very simple -- having X to trunk >> it each time when started >> (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=287876) whereas >> currently, my ~/.xsession-errors kept logs back to stone age. > > For what reason can't you simply modify you Xsession file to do as you > like? It is a conffile, so your changes would be preserved through > upgrades. Read the above url again, carefully. The answer is right there before you eyes. You don't agree with it? -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/ht52oh$485$1(a)dough.gmane.org
From: Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. on 21 May 2010 10:50
On Thursday 20 May 2010 23:38:42 T o n g wrote: > On Wed, 19 May 2010 11:33:02 -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > >> I took a look, the reason and cure is very simple -- having X to trunk > >> it each time when started > >> (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=287876) whereas > >> currently, my ~/.xsession-errors kept logs back to stone age. > > > > For what reason can't you simply modify you Xsession file to do as you > > like? It is a conffile, so your changes would be preserved through > > upgrades. > > Read the above url again, carefully. The answer is right there before you > eyes. You don't agree with it? The URL? I don't see anything special about it. The contents of the document available at that location? I tend to agree with the DD that already replied. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. bss(a)iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/ |